A State, A Province, Two Islands and a Wedding: A Week’s Adventures in the Pacific Northwest
Two weeks after our trip to Africa, we again pulled out our luggage—thankfully not those minuscule suitcases we were required to use while flying in those God-forsaken puddle jumper airplanes—and headed to our nephew’s wedding in Seattle, Washington. While we were excited to spend time in Seattle, visiting with family and enjoying all the wedding festivities, we decided that since we were already on the West Coast and Bob had an inordinate amount of free Amtrak miles, we would extend our trip and head north to Vancouver, British Columbia, a city we have never visited. We arrived in Seattle a few days early and between various wedding festivities and exploring the city, we covered a lot of ground. Between walking tours, a food tour with our kids and a ferry ride over to visit Bainbridge Island, we were averaging between 18,000 and 22,000 steps per day. And boy, did we feel it. Between Bob’s legs and my never-ending knee and feet issues, there was not enough Ibuprofen in the state, ...